Do you really need 2 football games? Yes. I used to HATE having to draft generic rookies in Madden. Exporting the NCAA draft classes and drafting REAL rookies is so much better, that was always the first thing I used to do when playing Madden, import the NCAA guys and sim a season and draft.
As for this years game, I have heard 3 different sources (Game Informer, GameSpot, 1UP), through podcasts, say that this game finally "feels" next generation, and they all pretty much had very high praise for it, especially the new recruiting features. It's in my Gamerang queue right now.